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{{Information page|WP:MTC|WP:MITC|WP:TOCOMMONS|WP:TRANSFER}}
{{nutshell|[[Free content|Freely licensed]] files should be moved to the [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]] so all [[Wikimedia Foundation]] projects can use them.}}
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'''Moving files to Commons''' is an activity of moving [[Free content|freely licensed]] files from Wikipedia to the [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], which serves as the central file repository for all [[Wikimedia Foundation]] projects. When our local files are transferred there, they will provide the added benefit of becoming instantly and globally available across all Wikimedia Foundation projects.

==Why move files to Commons?==
* Commons files may be used by any [[Wikimedia Foundation]] project, such as Wikipedia, Wikinews, or Wiktionary. Some projects, such as the Simple English Wikipedia, exclusively use files hosted on Commons. A file uploaded to Commons only has to be uploaded and maintained once, as opposed to dozens of times for each individual Wiki.
* Commons extensively categorizes files, making it easy to find them across a wide variety of topics.
* Commons files are maintained even if they are not immediately used to illustrate articles. Wikipedia, by contrast, is not a [[File server|file host]] and therefore does not permit [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a blog, Web hosting service, social networking service, or memorial site|unused files]].

==Should a file be moved to Commons?==
[[File:Move To Commons For English Wikipedia Flowchart.svg|center|700px|thumb|A simple flowchart to help determine whether a file should be moved to Commons]]

=== What not to transfer ===
{{Ombox
| type = notice
| text = For specific questions regarding the eligibility of any file, please use [[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions]].
}}
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width: auto;"
|+Files that should not be moved to Commons
|-
! Do '''not''' Transfer
! Because
! Action to Take?
|-
| {{Cross|16}} [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|'''Non-free''' content]]
| [[c:Main page|Commons]] does not accept non-free content.
|
|-
| {{Cross|16}} [[c:Commons:Derivative works|'''Derivatives''' of '''non-free''' content]]
| [[c:Main page|Commons]] does not accept non-free content.
|
|-
| {{Cross|16}} Photographs of '''2D/3D works''' taken in countries where there is <ins>no</ins> [[c:Commons:Freedom of panorama|'''freedom of panorama''']].
| [[c:Main page|Commons]] does not accept non-free content.
|
|-
| {{Cross|16}} Non-'''[[Public domain]]''' works <ins>exceeding</ins> the [[c:Commons:Threshold of originality|'''threshold of originality''']] in their home country.
| [[c:Main page|Commons]] does not accept non-free content.
|
|-
| {{Cross|16}} Files <ins>lacking</ins> a clear and [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|'''verifiable''']] source.
| Files ''must'' be clearly sourced so that their <ins>copyright status</ins> may be verified by anybody.
| Tag these with {{Tlxs|Nsd}}
|-
| {{Cross|16}} Files <ins>lacking</ins> adequate [[Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission|'''evidence of permission''']].
| Files created by a third party and uploaded to Wikipedia under a free license '''must''' include a permission statement (e.g. link to online permission statement, [[Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team|OTRS]] permission) so that it can be verified that said party has actually agreed to such publication.
| Tag these with {{Tlxs|Npd}}
|-
| {{Cross|16}} Files <ins>without</ins> a [[Wikipedia:File copyright tags|'''license tag''']].
| License tags describe the copyright status of a file.
| Tag these with {{Tlxs|Nld}}
|-
| {{Cross|16}} Files with a [[free license]] <ins>restricting</ins> derivatives/commercial use, or restricting usage to Wikipedia only.
| Freely licensed files uploaded to Wikipedia and Commons must allow derivatives/commercial use, and usage outside Wikipedia.
| Tag these with {{Tlx|Db-f3}}
|-
| {{Cross|16}} Files with <ins>dubious</ins> '''Own work''' claims. (e.g. Claiming an image of [[Pikachu]] as own work)
| These are probably [[Wikipedia:Copyright violations|copyright violations]].
| List at [[Wikipedia:Files for discussion|FfD]] and/or tag egregious cases with {{Tlx|Db-f9}}
|-
| {{Cross|16}} Files which are '''[[Public domain]]''' in their country of origin, but ''still'' '''copyrighted''' in the USA.
| Commons requires that files be free in '''both''' their country of origin and the USA. Note that the English Wikipedia does not have such a restriction for uploaded PD files.
|
|-
|{{Cross|16}} Files which are '''[[Public domain]]''' in the USA but ''still'' '''copyrighted''' in their country of origin.
| Commons requires that files be free in '''both''' their country of origin and the USA.
|
|}

==Tools==
{{Main|Commons:Commons:Upload tools#Transfer tools}}

There are several software tools available to assist in moving files from the various Wikipedias into commons. It is also possible to use a more primitive "manual" method, but this is deprecated.

Tools that are "web apps" can be run without first being downloaded to your computer.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"
|+Tools for moving files to Commons
|-
! Name
! Status
! Create wikitext
! Can upload
! Import history
! OAuth
! Platform
! Coded in
! Where to get
! Author or maintainer
|-
| |[[mw:Help:Extension:FileImporter|FileImporter]]
| {{Yes|Active}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| [[Web app]]
| [[PHP]]
| The "Export to Wikimedia Commons" tab on the [[Help:File description page|file description page]]
| [[m:Wikimedia Deutschland|Wikimedia Deutschland]]
|-
| |[[toollabs:magog/fileinfo.php|Fileinfo]]
| {{Yes|Active}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{N/A}}
| [[Web app]]
| [[PHP]]
| [[toollabs:magog/fileinfo.php]]
| {{User|Magog the Ogre}}
|-
| {{Plain link|https://github.com/fastily/mtc-cli|mtc-cli}}
| {{Yes|Active}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| [[CPython]] ([[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]])
| [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| {{Plain link|https://github.com/fastily/mtc-cli|fastily/mtc-cli}}
| {{User|Fastily}}
|-
| [[User:This, that and the other/For the Common Good|For the Common Good]]
| {{Partial|Unclear}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| [[.NET Framework 2.0]] or [[Mono (software)|Mono]] ([[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]])
| [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]
| {{URL|1=https://atlight.github.io}}
| {{User|This, that and the other}}
|-
| [[toollabs:commonshelper|CommonsHelper]]
| {{No|Abandoned}}
| {{Partial|Poorly}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| [[Web app]]
| [[PHP]]
| [[toollabs:commonshelper]]
| {{User|Magnus Manske}}
|-
| [[mw:Manual:Pywikibot/imagecopy.py|imagecopy.py]]
| {{No|Abandoned}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| [[CPython]] ([[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]])
| [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| [//phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/PWBO/browse/master/imagecopy.py Phabricator]
| {{User|Multichill}}
|-
| [[Wikipedia:MTC!|MTC!]]
| {{No|Abandoned}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| [[Java SE]] ([[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]])
| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| [[Wikipedia:MTC!#How do I get MTC!?|WP:MTC!]]
| {{User|Fastily}}
|}
Only FileImporter can preserve the full page history. MTC! has some additional automation features and admin-only options.

===Manual transfer===
Save the file to transfer onto your computer and upload it at [[Commons:Special:Upload|Commons]]. Include the following information on the file's Commons description page:
* '''The contents of the local {{Tlx|Information}} template''' — {{A note}} [[toollabs:magog/fileinfo.php|Fileinfo]] generates the upload information text to transfer manually.
* '''The license tag''' — {{A note}} some templates used locally exist with another name on Commons. For example, {{Tlx|PD-old}} is {{Tl2|PD-old-100|sister=c}} on Commons, and {{Tl2|PD-old|sister=c}} on Commons is {{Tlx|PD-old-70}} on Wikipedia.
* '''A copy of the local upload log''' — You <ins>must</ins> state the username of each uploader and the date/time at which the upload was performed. This is a '''strict requirement''' for the [[GNU Free Documentation License|GFDL]] and [[Creative Commons license]]s. You are not required to upload previous versions of the file, or mention reverted [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]]/[[:File:Visual demonstration of a file usurpation.png|file usurpations]].

Once you are finished, please tag Wikipedia's copy of the file with {{Tlxs|Ncd}} or {{Tlxs|Ncd|File:New filename.png}} (if you chose a new name for the Commons file).

==Backlog status==
{{Backlog progress bar|initial=19895|category=Copy to Wikimedia Commons|unit=files}}

==See also==
{{Sister|project = commons|text = Wikimedia Commons has media help related to: '''''[[c:Commons:Moving files to Commons|Moving to Commons]]'''''}}
* [[:Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons]]
* [[c:Commons:For Wikipedians|Commons:For Wikipedians]]

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